Quantifying the proportion of general practice and low‐acuity patients in the emergency department

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Yusuf Nagree

Vanessa J Camarda

Daniel M Fatovich · Royal Perth Hospital

Peter Cameron

Ian Dey

Andrew Gosbell · Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Sally McCarthy

David Mountain

Abstract

The estimated proportion of general practice-type patients attending the EDs of Perth's major hospitals is 10%-12%, and this accounts for < 5% of the total ED length of stay. The AIHW methodology overestimates the actual proportion of general practice-type patient attendances.

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Emergency and Acute Care Studies Healthcare Policy and Management Healthcare Systems and Technology

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Published in: The Medical Journal of Australia

Volume 198, Issue 11, pp. 612-615

DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11754

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Quantifying the proportion of general practice and low‐acuity patients in the emergency department

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